Related user content found to be abusive will also come under scrutiny, including profile information, username, display name, or profile bio.

“If an account’s profile information includes a violent threat or multiple slurs, epithets, racist or sexist tropes, incites fear, or reduces someone to less than human, it will be permanently suspended,” Twitter wrote.

The policy change follows US President Donald Trump’s controversial re-tweeting of multiple videos from the Britain First deputy leader’s account, one of which was titled: “Muslim migrant beats up Dutch boy on crutches.”

However, the attacker was later revealed to be born and raised in Holland.

The re-tweeting was criticised by Theresa May, leading to an SNL skit on the issue featuring Kate McKinnon as the British Prime Minister.